Appendix B - Tools and equipment
- Lather (Interior Systems Mechanic) RSOS - Overview
- About RSOS
- Description of the Lather (Interior Systems Mechanic) trade
- Trends in the Lather (Interior Systems Mechanic) trade
- Skills for success (Essential Skills) summary
- Industry expected performance
- Language requirements
- Examination Weightings
- Harmonization of apprenticeship training
- Major Work Activity A - Performs common occupational skills
- Major Work Activity B - Performs framing activities
- Major Work Activity C - Installs interior systems
- Major Work Activity D - Installs exterior systems
- Appendix A - Acronyms
- Appendix B - Tools and Equipment
- Appendix C - Glossary
Personal Protective Equipment and Safety Equipment / Équipement de protection individuelle (EPI) et équipement de sécurité
- coveralls
- ear plugs and muffs
- evacuation horns
- eye wash facilities
- face shields
- fall arrest and restraint equipment
- fire extinguishers
- first aid equipment
- gloves
- goggles
- hard hats
- knee pads
- masks (particle, vapour)
- respirators and cartridges
- safety glasses
- safety vests
- steel toe boots
- warning signs
- warning tapes
Hand Tools
- adjustable wrenches
- aviation snips
- bead clinchers
- bolt cutters
- broad knives
- caulking guns
- channel cutters
- circle cutters
- cold chisels
- countersink bit
- deck punches
- dry line/T-bar clips
- drywall lifters
- drywall saws
- eye screw poles
- files
- hack saws
- hammers
- hand sanders
- hawk and trowels
- hole punches
- keyhole saws
- lather’s hatchets
- locking C-clamps
- machine taping tools
- magnetic punches
- mixing paddles
- mud pans
- multi-tip screwdrivers
- nippers
- pliers
- pole sanders
- pop rivet guns
- pry bar/crow bar
- putty knives
- rasps
- rubber mallets
- sandpapers
- screw pullers
- squares (T, combination, tri-speed square, framing)
- staplers/hammer tackers
- stud crimpers
- tape and mud holders
- T-bar grid punches
- trowels
- utility knives
- wrecking bars
Power Tools and Equipment
- abrasive chop saws
- angle grinders
- band saws
- battery-powered fastening tools
- circular saws
- compound mitre saws
- compressors
- compressor hoses
- cordless drills
- drywall routers
- drywall screw guns
- electric drills
- electric shears (nibblers)
- gas-actuated tools
- gas powered cut-off saws
- hammer drills
- heat guns
- hot knives
- hot wire tables
- impact drills
- jig saws
- powder-actuated tools
- power nailers/fasteners
- power staplers
- reciprocating saws
- routers
- table saws
Layout and Measuring Devices
- architect scales
- calculators
- centre punches
- chalk lines
- compasses
- dry lines
- drwall fabricating machine
- framing squares
- laser alignment equipment
- laser levels
- laser measuring tools
- magnetic hand levels
- moisture meters
- pencils and markers
- plumb bobs
- scratch awls
- spirit levels
- straight edges
- tape measures (16 ft./4.87 m., 25 ft./7.62 m.,100 ft./30.48 m.)
- T-bevels
- water levels
Material Handling and Site Maintenance Equipment
- brooms
- drywall carts
- drywall lift
- extension cords
- floor scrapers
- garbage bags
- generators
- lockup boxes
- pails
- pallet jacks
- portable fans
- portable lights
- sawhorses
- shop vacuums
- shovels
- squeegees
- suction cups
- temporary heaters
- wheel barrels
- wheeled dollies
- wheeled garbage boxes
Scaffolding and Access Equipment
- aluminum benches
- aluminum planks
- boom lifts
- extendable boom lift
- ladder jacks
- ladders
- portable scaffolds
- rolling scaffolds
- scissor-lifts
- stationary scaffolds
- stilts
- swing stages